Does the WTO’s first female African director-general represent progress in global affirmative action?

On February 16, according to Japanese news reports, the appointment of an African director-general was approved at a meeting held by the World Trade Organization. She is a woman, and this is also the WTO’s first appointment. It can be said that a female director-general is of great significance, and at this meeting, the United States did not confront the WTO as usual, but chose to compromise and appoint a female director-general from Africa. This is not only The first female Director-General of the WTO is also a progress for the WTO. Although it has taken a big step now, the WTO still has many problems that need to be solved. Now this move also allows people to see its progress. .

At the same time, this move by the WTO has also led many people to speculate whether it represents progress in the idea of ??global equality between men and women, because at the beginning, the status of men and women in the world was still very uneven. , many people believe that men should be in charge of external affairs and women should be in charge of internal affairs. Therefore, most of the officials in enterprises in some countries, including the World Trade Organization, are men. Even if women are elected, they will face various problems. Voices of resistance, and there will be a lot of resistance factors, but now Okonjoweala's election success makes people seem to see hope.

The issue of the status of men and women is not only a problem globally, but even in every country. In the earliest days of China, people’s traditional thinking was that men made money outside the home, while women were responsible for raising their husbands and raising children at home. However, with the continuous development of society, people are becoming more and more open-minded and gradually accept women working outside the home to make money. However, many people, including the older generation, have fixed ideas that women should give birth at home. Children take care of husbands. Although people are now more open-minded than before, many jobs are still very unfriendly to female interviewers.

Many girls go to the company for interviews and will be subject to restrictions and even sign some agreements. For example, female employees are required not to have children or get married within 3 to 5 years of joining the company, because once a woman When you give birth to a child, you have to take pregnancy leave and maternity leave. Correspondingly, the focus of your life will be on taking care of the child, and you will not focus most of your energy on work. Therefore, many companies are not willing to recruit women. This is one of the reasons. Another important reason is that after men make money outside the home, women will lose their financial resources to take care of children at home and slowly become a party. This is also the reason why many couples' relationships break down. One reason is that many women now hope to be able to earn money and work, so that they can have more say at home.